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The governor said local governments have “huge amounts of money from CARES Act” that can go toward opening the sites, adding that testing is also widely available at pharmacies, labs and doctor's offices. -
Federal, state and municipal governments as well as private businesses continue to largely avoid mandates out of fears they will provoke a backlash. So, how about an economic argument?
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Number were released by the CDC and Florida Hospital Association. As of Tuesday afternoon, 11,515 people were in state hospitals with COVID-19, far exceeding last summer's peak. -
Board members expressed concern about safely returning to in-person classes as pediatric COVID-19 cases reach peak levels in Sarasota County.
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Among them: People with flu-like symptoms should stay home, simultaneous online instruction will no longer be offered, and quarantine policies are eased for those vaccinated.
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The president called out the Florida governor for such things as blocking school districts from requiring students to wear masks. DeSantis replied that "these interventions have failed time and time again."
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Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville has notified the state that its Surge Capacity Plan has been activated and has requested approval to operate at overcapacity until the surge ends.
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Ron Meyer, a longtime Tallahassee education lawyer, says Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order banning local school mask mandates defies the Florida Constitution.
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Despite an executive order that bars mask mandates, there is a petition that asks school board members whether they’d risk their lives by spending a day in schools if they were neither masked nor vaccinated.
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Norwegian Cruise Line and the state are battling about which court should hear a challenge to the ban on so-called “vaccine passports.” Norwegian wants to keep it in South Florida.
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With demand for their services high around the country, Florida nurses are leaving for higher wages and safer conditions, just as the state has a growing number of hospitals reporting staff shortages.
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LISTEN: Florida leads the nation in COVID infections and has seen a seven-fold increase of cases in the past six weeks. Hospitals say they're seeing more young people than before, some with severe cases.
